2007 Ford V10 engine
My son is a mechanic. He stated that Ford V10’s are notorious for “spitting out “ spark plugs. Has anyone experienced this problem?
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A similar experience, for what it is worth. In 1968 I bought a BMW with iron block and aluminum heads, short threads. Plugs needed frequent service, 3000 miles nominally, but really you needed to run a different heat range for around town vs high-speed highway driving, so I needed to change plugs often. About 1 in 10 of the plug changes, a plug would break and stick in the head. I had a special tool (actually a large square shaft screw driver) for removing broken plugs. The seized plugs would never really damage the head, but they were a PITA. BMW recommended against thread lubricants, because they tend toward over-torquing the plugs.
I ultimately fixed the problem by trading the BMW for an Audi, aluminum block with iron heads. I still needed to change plugs for highway vs around town, but steel on iron, they never seized. That car got replaced by a Chevy that would go 30,000 miles on one set of plugs, plug tech was improving.
I ultimately fixed the problem by trading the BMW for an Audi, aluminum block with iron heads. I still needed to change plugs for highway vs around town, but steel on iron, they never seized. That car got replaced by a Chevy that would go 30,000 miles on one set of plugs, plug tech was improving.
